HREC Investment Advisors arranged the sale to the local group, which has other hotel holdings in the region.

Shale plans on extensively renovating the asset with a focus on capturing more business related to gas exploration/drilling in the greater region, according to the company.

"In the hotel industry, it's all about location, location, location," stated Tejas Gosai, president of Shale Hotels, Inc. "The Holiday Inn Pittsburgh-Monroeville sits just east of Pittsburgh, literally on top of the PA Turnpike and Route 376. Not only is it a prime location for folks already in Pittsburgh or those traveling through our interstates, but also for those associated with the shale oil/gas industry."

Return Of Group Business Trumpeted At ALIS
The theme of this year’s ALIS conference was “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” But, lets face it, there are always going to be some people who aren’t happy unless they are worried about something—whether it’s the Fed potentially raising interest rates or that the price of oil is now too low, threatening to cripple the economies of some foreign nations.